Grease pan for grills



Oct. 10,

1939. F. c. WILSON GREASE PAN FOR GRILLS Original Filed Aug. 21, 1956@iiw Patented Oct. 10, 1939 PATENT OFFICE GREASE. PAN

FOR GRILLS Frank G. Wilson, Blooming'ton, Ill., assignor to ServriteMfg. 00., Bloomington, lll., a corporation of Illinois Originalapplication August 21, 1936, Serial No.

97,112, now Patent No.

2,156,557, dated May 2,

1939. Divided and this application March 18,

1939, Serial No. 262,643

4 Claims.

This invention relates to cooking grills and particularly to a novelarrangement of a grease pan for such grills. This is a divisionalapplication of my co-pending application 97,112 for an. Electric grill.

The ordinary grill is usually located out of sight of the restaurantcustomers with ample provision for removing the smoke and odors usuallyresulting from the grilling process. Although the restaurateur may bemeticulous in his methods there are often questions in the minds of thecustomers regarding the cleanliness and care exercised in thepreparation of the food.

Modern merchandising of food stuffs indicates the wisdom of displayingthe complete restaurant service in plain View of the customers. Thissystem of restaurant service requires special devices for the displayand preparation .of the foods.

It is the particular object of this invention to provide a grease panfor a grill which will permit efiective cleaning of the entire surfacewith a minimum of spillage and wherein the grease or refuse material maybe stored out of sight behind the grill.

Another object is to provide a grease pan for a grill which is quicklyand easily detachable for emptying and cleaning.

Other objects and benefits will be disclosed by the followingdescriptions and drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an electric grill with grease pan attached.This view is exactly similar to Fig. 1 of my co-pending applicationSerial Number 97,112, filed August 21, 1936.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation view with a portion of the side broken awayto disclose the mounting of the grease or waste pan. This is a similarView to Fig. 3 of my co-pending application.

I show the grease pan mounted on an electric grill, but it will beunderstood that this is merely a preferred embodiment of my inventionand that the same structure of grease pan is adaptable to be mounted onany grill or hot plate heated by any conventional means.

The grill plate In is heated by blanket type heating elements II whichare tightly clamped against the grill plate l0 vby channel clampingstrips l2 which completely cover the heating elements. The clampchannels l2 are in turn held down by bridge clamps l3 and cross channelclamps l4 and bridge clamps 15 by stud bolts l6 tapped into the grillplate ID.

The heat to the grill plate It] is controlled by a conventionalbimetallic thermostat 28 through an extension shaft 29 attached to thegraduated thermostat knob 3 i.

An ofi and on control switch 35 is mounted beside the thermostat knob 3!to shut off or turn on the current to the grill.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the grease pan 25 is attached to the back wallof the frame by means of an overhanging angle 26 enveloping the innerwall of the grease pan. The pan 25 is held in position as shown by turnbuttons 21 or any other similar fastening means. It will be appreciatedthat by revolving the turn button 21 at right angles to the positionshown, the grease pan 25 can be detached by sliding it downward frombehind the overhanging angle 26. The pan can then be removed andeifectively cleaned.

It will be appreciated that the grease pan extending along the entireback edge of the grill and supported under the overhanging angle 26, theentire surface of the grill may be scraped backwards into the pan with aminimum of danger of spilling grease or refuse material. It will furtherbe appreciated that the pan being rather deep and in back of the grill,this refuse matter will be completely hidden from view.

Further, it will be understood that although I have shown a preferredembodiment of my invention, I do not desire to be limited by theparticular structure shown except as such limitation is imposed by thefollowing claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the kind specified, the combination with a grillplate, of a drip pan extending across the rear of said plate and havinga front vertical wall disposed underneath an edge portion of said plateand a rear wall opposed to, spaced from and projecting appreciably abovethe level of said edge of said plate, said rear wall equipped with anupper end portion projecting forwardly of the body portion thereof.

2. In a device of the kind specified, the combination with a grillplate, of a drip pan extending substantially across the rear of saidplate and having a front vertical wall disposed underneath an edgeportion of said plate and a rear wall opposed to, spaced from andprojecting appreciably above the level of said edge of said plate, saidrear wall equipped with an upper end portion projecting forwardly of thebody portion thereof, said pan being equipped with side walls secured tothe ends of the front and rear Walls thereof throughout the length ofthe latter and presenting exposed upwardly and rearwardly inclined edgeportions extending from the upper edge of the front wall to the upperedge of the rear wall thereof.

3. In a device of the kind specified, the combination with a grillplate, of a drip pan extending across the rear of said plate and havinga front vertical wall disposed underneath an edge portion of said plateand a rear wall opposed to, spaced from and projecting appreciably abovethe level of said edge of said plate, and means disposed on the devicebelow said edge of said plate for detachably engaging said pan with saiddevice.

4. In a device of the kind specified, the combination with a grillplate, of a drip pan extending substantially across the rear of saidplate and having a front vertical wall disposed underneath able deviceson said device movable from a drip 10 pan supporting to non-supportingposition.

FRANK C. WILSON.

